Mac - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Mac \

is pronounced mak. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "son of". Scottish and Irish surname prefix used as a given name or nickname. Mack is an ancient Scottish given name. See also Mackenzie, Maxwell, and Mc-.

Mac has 4 variant forms: Mack, Mackey, Mackie and Macklin.

For more information, see also the related name Maximilian.

Baby names that sound like Mac are Mick, Maccoy, MacCoy, Magee, MacGee, McKay, Micah, Mycah, Mike, Miky, Miko, Micky, Micha, Makai and Miki.

Mac is a somewhat common first name for men (#979 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#25361 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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